The shocking prologue story in Fang Long 's classic tolerance

After studying Don Quixote for some time, I feel monotonous Let's take a look at Fang Long's works to adjust The first reading is tolerance, which was published in 1925 Fang Long tells the history of human development with the theme of tolerance as the main line Opening the preface and reading only a few sentences, I was shocked by the atmosphere deliberately created by the author This is a fable story, describing a quiet, happy, pastoral village, because of self-restraint, no sense of risk, and ultimately facing disaster Once upon a time, there were many people living in a valley There is a stream through the valley There is not much water, but it is enough to feed the people here People farm, hunt, and live a pastoral life The village is isolated, surrounded by mountains, surrounded by cliffs, and has no way out There are always people who are curious about the outside world But they are discouraged by conservative elders in power, and there is another world to deny Still, there are people who choose to leave They climbed the cliff and many people fell dead under it Some people never heard from him Suddenly one day, a villager who had been missing for many days came back to the village wearing rags and scars He told everyone that there are richer and better cities and villages outside, and called on people to go out and see another better world His words infuriated the conservative old man, so he sent for his capture and execution according to the law handed down by his ancestors At the scene of the execution The pioneer refused to shut up and make an impassioned speech, once again warning the big family to think of danger and not limit their fate to the present peace No one believed him, and even some of his former like-minded people chose silence The forerunner was beaten to death with stones at the instigation of the old men with stale ideas Things are slowly forgotten But one year, the valley was hit by a drought, the stream dried up, and the farmer got nothing Many people starved or died Looking at all this, some people think of the words of the pioneers and plan to go out to find a way But the old people jumped out and stopped The angry villagers couldn't stand it any longer, and finally chose to riot They pulled the cart out of the village Those old people who opposed to leave even jumped into the cart at the last moment and chose to escape together It was hard at first The pioneer's path was covered with weeds and could not be found But people soon found a good way to go, which was the way the pioneers burned out After a long journey, people finally saw a rich village with mountains and water The local residents warmly received them At this time, everyone believed that the forerunner was right and regretted his cruelty and ignorance Ironically, the old people who had been strongly opposed to leaving, sitting on the cart, singing and laughing, were totally immersed in the vision of a better new life.